All articles by Fiona Case – Page 2

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    100 years of the FDA

    2006-06-26T10:55:08Z

    The 1906 pure food and drug act was set up to protect US citizens from unregulated and potentially harmful products. Implementing the regulation has presented the US Food and Drug Administration with many high-profile challenges, as Fiona Case finds out.

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    Health concerns drive change

    2005-07-29T10:09:51Z

    Eating too much trans fat is bad for your health and manufacturers are working to lower the levels in foods. Fiona Case explores some of the techniques that chemists, biologists and engineers have developed

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    Beyond cleaning

    2005-05-10T12:43:30Z

    Researchers are taking surfactants and emulsions, the ingredients of liquid soaps and face creams, and using them to tackle some of the world's most challenging infectious diseases. Fiona Case finds out more

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    Metal for the mind

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    As the world's population gets older, neurodegenerative diseases are more of a concern than ever. Fiona Case finds out what role transition metals might play in this class of disease